Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Study: 51 percent of households headed by an immigrant (legal or illegal) received welfare in 2012...

Is anyone surprised by this study? Immigrant households (legal or illegal) should be banned from receiving welfare. We don't need to import welfare recipients. We have enough already.

This study is the first in recent years to examine
immigrant (legal and illegal) and native welfare use using the Census
Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). While its
complexity makes it difficult to use, the survey is widely regarded as
providing the most accurate picture of welfare participation. The SIPP
shows immigrant households use welfare at significantly higher rates
than native households, even higher than indicated by other Census
surveys.

In 2012, 51 percent of households headed by an immigrant (legal or
illegal) reported that they used at least one welfare program during the
year, compared to 30 percent of native households. Welfare in this
study includes Medicaid and cash, food, and housing programs.

Welfare use is high for both new arrivals and well-established
immigrants. Of households headed by immigrants who have been in the
country for more than two decades, 48 percent access welfare.

No single program explains immigrants’ higher overall welfare use.
For example, not counting subsidized school lunch, welfare use is still
46 percent for immigrants and 28 percent for natives. Not counting
Medicaid, welfare use is 44 percent for immigrants and 26 percent for
natives.